Tag Archives: Emakina

Mezcal Festival Day 1: Derrumbes Oaxaca Joven Mezcal, 48%

Posted on 3 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The Mezcal Festival. Something I cooked up. I wanted to do it earlier and call it the Mezcal Carnaval, but I just couldn’t get around to it. Things are ridiculously chaotic at home with my wife and I not having … Continue reading →

Posted in - Other Spirits | Tagged Derrumbes, Emakina, Mezcal, Oaxaca | 1 Comment

Williams Chase Elegant Gin, 48%

Posted on 4 February 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The non-whisky booze for the Emakina whisky tasting were decided to be at least a gin because of it being an explicit request. The other one was a mezcal that’ll be reviewed somewhere down the line. I’m thinking to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in - Other Distilleries, - Other Spirits | Tagged Emakina, Gin, Herefordshire, Whisky tasting, Williams Chase | Leave a comment

Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask, 58.6%, cask S060710004

Posted on 3 February 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

While I should technically do another two whisky reviews before getting to this one, as this one was the last whisky of the evening, I decided to skip them as those two bottles were the Bowmore Tempest Batch 3, and … Continue reading →

Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan | Tagged Emakina, Kavalan, King Car Company, Sherry Butt, Single Cask, Solist, Taiwan, Whisky tasting | Leave a comment

Springbank Green, 12yo, 46%

Posted on 1 February 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last Friday JK and I hosted a booze tasting at work. We would have made it a whisky tasting, but due to some explicit requests to not only do whiskies, we ended up going through a gin and a mezcal … Continue reading →

Posted in Springbank | Tagged Bourbon casks, Campbeltown, Emakina, Organic, Springbank, Whisky tasting | 3 Comments

Springbank 12, Cask Strength, 2013 edition, 53.1%

Posted on 25 March 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I started to type up this whisky review vigorously, when I decided to see how this bottling compares to the earlier one I had tried, about a year ago at De Whiskykoning. As it turns out, it’s exactly the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Springbank | Tagged Campbeltown, Cask Strength, Emakina, Springbank | 2 Comments

Glen Garioch 23, 1990-2013, 49.9% – Signatory Vintage

Posted on 24 March 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When we held the whisky tasting at Emakina (my work) we had loads of fun. But, since I was hosting the tasting with a buddy, I didn’t take any notes since I didn’t want to come off too geeky (who … Continue reading →

Posted in Glen Garioch | Tagged Emakina, Glen Garioch, Highlands, Oldmeldrum, Signatory Vintage | Leave a comment